Monday
Journeys – So, we start, and continue, our spiritual journey through Advent, Christmas and up to New Year. Be it, a quiet journey or a busy journey. We pray that we can link the journeys of the first Christmas Story with our own journeys during the weeks of December.
Tuesday
Luke Ch.1:39 – So, Mary got ready and hurried to see her relative Elizabeth. May we feel the comfort, and be the comfort to others, that Mary and Elizabeth must have given each other. May we also have the courage to ask for help, give help, to all in Girls’ Brigade and elsewhere.
Wednesday
Luke Ch.2:4-7 – So, Mary and Joseph travel to Bethlehem, albeit a journey directed by Caesar Augustus. It was a tough journey and an even tougher arrival with no room for them at the inn. Let us be kind and helpful, may we encourage and help our young people to be the same.
Thursday
Luke Ch.2:8-20 – So, the Shepherds said, ‘let us go and see’, obeying the Angel of the Lord. The shepherds had a task, looking after the sheep, may we be ever mindful of our task to look after the children and young people that the Lord puts into our care.
Friday
Matthew Ch.2:1-12 – So, the Wise Men come, following a star. Let us remember our GB Motto – Seek, Serve and Follow Christ – remembering those in Girls’ Brigade all over the world. We pray for the realisation of “Let there be peace on earth”.
Saturday
Luke Ch.2:13-16 – So, Joseph, be it obeying the angel’s words ‘Got up, took the child and his mother… and left for Egypt.’ So Joseph obeyed, just as the Christmas spider who spun his thick web over the entrance of the cave had done, let us obey our calling.
Sunday
Our journey – So, having pondered the journeys of the first Christmas, let us also, as Mary did – ‘treasure up all these things and ponder them in our hearts’. Let us bring before Him any difficulties or challenges in our lives, and others, seeking His help to know what to do.
